tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post7915585474649998585..comments2023-04-07T14:56:17.509+01:00Comments on Leabank Square: Arena Fields Goes Grey!Leabank Squarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05482765049099564103noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-22582412521231551932010-01-18T15:34:19.233+00:002010-01-18T15:34:19.233+00:00Cool post you got here. It would be great to read ...Cool post you got here. It would be great to read a bit more concerning this matter. Thnx for giving this material.<br />Joan Stepsen<br /><a href="http://gadgetproducts.com/" rel="nofollow">Gadget products</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-33688055418137878582009-10-13T16:29:23.212+01:002009-10-13T16:29:23.212+01:00No architectural merit. No interaction with its su...No architectural merit. No interaction with its surroundings. No benefit to the community. No sense of belonging to Hackney Wick.<br />In short - no real benefit to anyone around here.<br />What the hell were they thinking dropping a giant discarded fridge in our Arena Fields?<br />DerekDereknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-86809586062905399772009-10-13T14:38:16.466+01:002009-10-13T14:38:16.466+01:00Sóna
We should get them to stick up giant blown-up...Sóna<br />We should get them to stick up giant blown-up photos of the flowers in our gardens over this grey mess. What happened to the promise they made us to do that on the portakabins anyway? Last you said they came and took photos with some special camera or something. Any news?<br />KarenKarennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-40222695730349357732009-10-13T14:21:51.141+01:002009-10-13T14:21:51.141+01:00Hello Sóna, it's all about the hard landscapin...Hello Sóna, it's all about the hard landscaping now isn't it? They chopped all those lovely mature trees down to build this monstrocity, they must replace all - and more!<br />If they could somehow hide the entire structure behind some plain trees, we wouldn't feel the loss as badly.<br />KimmyKimmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-89818731836371367352009-10-13T13:07:42.661+01:002009-10-13T13:07:42.661+01:00Hi Sóna. How could ANYONE have thought that grey w...Hi Sóna. How could ANYONE have thought that grey was the best colour for this cliff in fornt of us? Last I remember was CABE heavilly criticising the building as well, did the ODA just ignore them too?<br />Uggh!!<br />BevBevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-89546489290089571112009-10-13T12:16:47.361+01:002009-10-13T12:16:47.361+01:00Hi Debs, I haven't seen you for yonks! Cuppa a...Hi Debs, I haven't seen you for yonks! Cuppa after school pick-up? Hey Sóna, what happened to all our protests about this design. Did you take them to those posh meetings you have up in the Olympic flat?<br />If so, why have they chosen to ignore us and still put up all that grey? Come on man, get shouting!<br />StaceyStaceynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-70025492626755600672009-10-13T10:07:28.762+01:002009-10-13T10:07:28.762+01:00Des, we think it's because Hackney Wick has al...Des, we think it's because Hackney Wick has always been severely neglected by our own council, the london mayor, numerous regeneration projects, consecutive Ministers of Local Govts, etc. So along come the ODA and do the same with the most boring bog-standard steel & glass blocks tucked away in the Hackney Wick corner of the Olympic Park. Us oiks should shut up and just be grateful that they took away our green space and are plonking buildings on it!<br />DebsDebbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-16056286474457057342009-10-12T22:17:37.684+01:002009-10-12T22:17:37.684+01:00OMG! It looks terrible. Is that it? Is this what t...OMG! It looks terrible. Is that it? Is this what the whole of London is paying for in their Olympic Tax? I don't even live in East London and I am very angry that I am paying for Grey and Greyer slabs plastered across the Media Centre.<br />Des HilliamDes Hilliamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-37262949867954903632009-10-12T20:15:51.772+01:002009-10-12T20:15:51.772+01:00Shona
Is there any way we can stop this greyness a...Shona<br />Is there any way we can stop this greyness at this early stage? They have only just started it, surely they can then ask us - the residents who are going to have it in their faces FOR EVER - what we want to see.<br />MariaMarianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-7103118713654604902009-10-12T18:39:55.659+01:002009-10-12T18:39:55.659+01:00Hi Sóna
Why did we even bother to go to all the co...Hi Sóna<br />Why did we even bother to go to all the consultation meetings with the ODA if they still ignored us? What made them fob us off with this Ikea designed warehouse?<br />We are the ones who have to stare at it for the next 70 years. I bet the designers or so called architects have a somewhat better view out their living rooms.<br />Just wait until the international media come visiting, they'll get quite a story from Leabank Square.<br />SuSunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-9140950330285589432009-10-12T18:28:45.670+01:002009-10-12T18:28:45.670+01:00Sóna. As the grey creeps along the building, we ar...Sóna. As the grey creeps along the building, we are getting more despondant. Its like its creeping into our souls and making us greyer as well?!<br />MattMattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-31803435550176873652009-10-12T11:50:39.786+01:002009-10-12T11:50:39.786+01:00You know, on one level it sort of camoflages the b...You know, on one level it sort of camoflages the building as it kinda dissapears into the grey sky.<br />But then we always come back to the fact that the ODA has again palmed Hackney Wick off with a z grade building, while the rest of the park gets Zaha Hadid. I hope all the thousands of visiting journos give the London ODA the kicking it deserves when they see where they have to work.<br />PetePetenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-1448626814550870642009-10-12T11:30:57.575+01:002009-10-12T11:30:57.575+01:00Sona. Is that it?! After all those meetings you HW...Sona. Is that it?! After all those meetings you HW Partnership lot had?! After all that CABE said?! After all our objections?!<br />They give us Canary Wharf laid down?!<br />Please tell me they are going to plant massive trees in front of it.<br />DirkDirknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-16310007791501368292009-10-10T22:48:07.019+01:002009-10-10T22:48:07.019+01:00Sóna, weren't they supposed to invite some of ...Sóna, weren't they supposed to invite some of us to some warehouse somewhere in Essex a few months ago to see the mock-up of the cladding? I'm sure you said something about it at one of the meetings.<br />To replace green Arena Fields with something this grey is dispicable. The architect should be so ashamed of themself, and never touch a public space again.<br />MickMichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589579548155673009.post-63855078610784662952009-10-10T21:41:53.841+01:002009-10-10T21:41:53.841+01:00The view from the window in my flat is a close-up ...The view from the window in my flat is a close-up of a brick wall.<br /><br />You have acres of sky, and a flowing river, and a strip of ugly grey inbetween.<br /><br />I know which I'd rather have.diamond geezerhttp://diamondgeezer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com